THE FINAL FOUR What's on TV, ILX? It's the American Sitcom Tournament

seinfeld, AD

done & done

Cheers, The Simpsons for me.

AD, Simpsons

Any combination that doesn't involve Arrested Development will do for me but Cheers + Seinfeld it is

guess which side of that line i come down AMIRIetc

Cheers + Seinfeld. The Simpsons, at its very best, is probably smarter than Seinfeld, but I'll be honest and vote for the show I've watched more over the years. If Cheers manages to get past AD, I probably won't be honest for the final vote.

how did Cheers get this far???

I mean, it's a great show, but wau, I didn't think it would get this far

If you trace back to what it had to beat, the only really tough one was The Bob Newhart Show.

Arrested Development, Seinfeld

5+ years ago I would have voted for the Simpsons, but I've come to realize that Seinfeld is even more rewatchable than the simpsons and despite being very 90s somehow manages to hold up very well

Cheers & The Simpsons without a moments hesitation. The other two are at their best not funny and more often than not egregiously horrible.

You're kind of in the minority on Seinfeld...Which is fine; I could pick out a number of popular shows from the original 64 where I feel exactly the same.

I think I have watched perhaps 5 whole episodes of Seinfeld and hated them all. Cheers and SImpsons FTW.

Hey, so when The Simpsons wins, will I, as Matt Groening's cousin, receive any royalties, awards, or similar recompense?

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/award84.jpg

That will do.

Excellent.

Simpsons vs. Curb Your Enthusiasm would be hard. Simpsons vs. Curb Your Enthusiasm's dimmer older brother is easy.

AD simpsons

ad vs cheers? damn you. damn you to hell.

Cheers, The Simpsons

AD making the final four, eight, 16, et al is a travesty.

the simpsons and who cares

This election is nothing but a popularity contest.

ARGH SEINFELD PLZ GO AWAY

I feel like lex with indie music here.

Cheers (by default), Simpsons

Hahah the anti-AD rears its ugly head.

Is head-rearing really any different than child-rearing, other than the lack of a torso, arms and legs?

AD making the final four, eight, 16, et al is a travesty.

Fuck Cheers. If the finale turns out to be Cheers vs. Seinfeld I'm not going to bother to vote.

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So, AD vs. The Simpsons it is.

true answer

One by one, our old friends are gone. Death--natural or not--prison, deported. The Simpsons and Arrested Development are the only ones left--because they always made money for their partners. (I stole this joke. And because I've put the curse on about 12 shows so far, I'm not saying who I'm rooting for. Even though the outcome would seem inevitable.)

Yay, death to Seinfeld!

The First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence is within my grasp!

w00t